\u201cHeading back to The Land of the Living Dead, are you?\u201d the skunk asked.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s no such place in these parts, I\u2019m afraid. We\u2019re in the Promised Land.\u201d
\n\u201cWell, no, actually, that\u2019s incorrect.\u201d
\nWolf could easily have tossed the skunk to the side and carried on–but something stopped him. Rather than ignore the bait, he took it. \u201cOkay, then tell me, where are we?\u201d
\n\u201cAs I said, you are in The Land of the Living Dead. But you don\u2019t know it. No one there ever does. Inhabitants go about their business fully unaware that they are dead.\u201d The striped animal, who was carrying an odd toy rocket ship, began studying it nonchalantly. \u201cThe Land of the Living Dead is an invisible trap. No one knows when they enter it and because of that, they never get out. I am hazarding a guess that you have felt trapped lately?\u201d
\nWolf certainly did feel trapped, but his reasoning mind protested the overall concept. \u201cThere are no walls. No locked doors. No nets,\u201d he presented logically.
\n\u201cNone are needed in The Land of the Living Dead. Something far more dangerous traps those within.\u201d
\nOnce again, Wolf snatched the bait. \u201cAnd what is that?\u201d
\n\u201cThe state of \u2018Good enough.\u2019 Business is not growing\u2014but it is not dead, either. Because of this, you, and all the others, optimistically barrel along, holding on to your dreams, all the while consuming resources, blinded by the myths perpetuated throughout the lands. Dead but unaware of being so. Unable to smell the stench, so to speak.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Phelps writes that thought leaders see the traps that are invisible to others\u2014individuals, groups and organizations who live within them. Like the boiled frog analogy in which the frog boils to death because the water grew hot so gradually that it didn\u2019t notice enough to get out, these invisible places create states in which \u201cgood enough\u201d is accepted as the status quo, truly becoming\u00a0The Land of the Living Dead<\/i>. She argues that the job and responsibility of great thought leaders is to see these traps and to make them visible to others through persuasive dialog and passionate inspiration.<\/p>\n
Bring your passion and vision to those whom you serve and touch\u2026 to see with new eyes, to visualize new possibilities, to dream dreams undreamed. Help them find their\u00a0Promised Land<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n
Mike<\/p>\n
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